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By Diana Novak Jones, Mike Scarcella and Sara Merken |
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The American Bar Association is temporarily suspending enforcement of its diversity and inclusion standard for law schools until August 31 while it reviews a pending proposed revision, our colleague Sara Merken reports.
An ABA council said it would assess the proposed changes in response to the Trump administration’s efforts to end DEI programs. The administration has warned of federal funding cuts for academic institutions and universities that keep their diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
The ABA maintains a series of standards that accredited schools must follow. It has been reevaluating the diversity and inclusion standard, which involves law schools' demonstration of their commitment to diversity in recruitment, admissions and programming, following the U.S. Supreme Court's 2023 decision barring the consideration of race in college admissions. |
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Jones Day’s Yaakov Roth is heading to DOJ to serve in a key role in the civil division under Brett Shumate, the Jones Day alum who is the Trump administration’s pick to lead the division. Roth will reunite also with Harry Graver, a former associate at the firm who is counsel to Shumate.
- The DOJ filed a rare judicial misconduct complaint that accuses U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes of "hostile and egregious misconduct" in hearing a challenge to President Donald Trump's ban on transgender people in the military. Reyes did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Longtime appellate lawyer Paul Clement was appointed by U.S. District Judge Dale Ho to argue against the Trump DOJ’s effort to dismiss its public corruption case against New York Mayor Eric Adams. Read Ho’s order here.
- Plaintiffs lawyers who brokered a $2.8 billion class action settlement in antitrust litigation against Blue Cross Blue Shield withdrew their bid to bar Zuckerman Spaeder from persuading hospitals to reject the deal and sue the company on their own. The terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
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That’s how much Mastercard will pay to settle a landmark lawsuit brought on behalf of British consumers. The accord was approved by a London tribunal, despite opposition from Innsworth Capital, the firm that funded the litigation. The settlement amount was below a higher valuation put on the lawsuit, our colleague Sam Tobin reports. Innsworth Capital argued the settlement should not have been approved.
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Today, U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland, California, will resume hearing claims that iPhone maker Apple violated a court order to allow more competition in its lucrative App Store. Two Apple executives and three other senior Apple employees are expected to testify at the hearing, part of a lawsuit filed by “Fortnite” maker Epic Games.
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Also today, U.S. District Judge Michael Fitzgerald in Los Angeles will hear the U.S. government’s bid to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a Hollywood costume designer who claimed reality TV star Erika Jayne Girardi and her estranged husband, convicted California attorney Tom Girardi, bribed a former U.S. Secret Service official to pursue false charges against him.
- On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Jamal Whitehead in Seattle will hear arguments in a lawsuit over the Trump administration’s executive order halting entry through the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program. The plaintiffs’ legal team includes lawyers from Perkins Coie.
- On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in an Ohio civil servant's bid to revive her lawsuit claiming she lost her job and was passed over for a promotion in favor of lesser-qualified gay employees in violation of civil rights law.
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On Thursday, Meta Platforms will ask a federal judge in San Francisco to dismiss claims brought by a group of authors including Ta-Nehisi Coates and comedian Sarah Silverman that the tech giant unlawfully removed copyright management information from their works and violated a computer fraud law when it used their books for its AI training.
- On Friday, Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker in Tallahassee will consider whether to block Florida from enforcing a new law that restricts minors' social media access.
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The Associated Press sued senior aides to President Donald Trump over a decision by the White House to restrict the news outlet's access to the president and other officials for continuing to refer to the Gulf of Mexico in its coverage. A judge set a hearing for this afternoon.
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The U.S. Supreme Court declined to let Donald Trump immediately fire the head of a federal watchdog agency after a judge's order had temporarily blocked the Republican president from ousting the official.
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New York City sued the Trump administration in Manhattan federal court for clawing back $80.5 million of grants intended to cover part of the city's cost of housing migrants.
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The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau told a court it was dropping a lawsuit against the online lending platform Solo Funds, which the agency had earlier accused of deceiving borrowers. Trump has moved to abolish the CFPB.
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Coinbase said the SEC
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